By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire)
Matt Hancock was asked about mental health provision during a visit to Middlesbrough on Friday MENTAL health services are challenged “across the country”, health secretary Matt Hancock said in Teesside yesterday. Mr Hancock, who visited Middlesbrough on Friday, said he was looking at what needs to be done to strengthen provision of services in the region. He was asked whether the Department for Health would intervene at Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust. There have been several calls from Labour MPs Alex Cunningham and Andy McDonald for Government intervention at the troubled trust following a series of reports into failures.